The Living Earth Connection episode # 20 airs this Sunday, October 30. In this episode I present selections from The Ancestral Mind by Gregg Jacobs Ph.D.. Our Ancestral Mind is the preverbal, intuitive and unconscious emotional mind. Our Thinking Mind is the rational, verbal and self conscious mind. While Dr. Jacobs emphasis is on how these two aspects of our mind function, and how our overreliance on our Thinking Mind causes much of our ill health and unhappiness, there is also much to learn from these two forms of human consciousness, regarding the beliefs and actions that cause the ecological crisis. Please tune in on Sunday, October 30 at 9:30 a.m. PST to http://www.kmud.org.

The Living Earth Connection # 19 is available to download or stream. In this episode I perform an intention ceremony to end the Green Rush and steer Humboldt towards Life’s highest possibilities for the land, the wildlife, and the people.

The Living Earth Connection #19 airs today, Sunday, July 31 2016, at 9:30 a.m. WST on kmud.org/ 91.1 and 88.1 FM. In today’s show I focus on the massive expansion of the marijuana industry in Humboldt County, called the Green Rush. This agricultural and industrial expansion, located in valuable habitat, devastates the environment. The fragmentation and degradation of habitat by Humboldt’s marijuana industry, has accelerated in recent years. This ecological devastation is the outer manifestation of a deep spiritual sickness. In today’s show I perform an intention ceremony to end the Green Rush and steer this region toward Life’s highest possibilities for the land, the wildlife, and the people. Please tune in.

The Living Earth Connection #18 features host Amy Gustin presenting selections from A State of Change: ForgottenLandscapes of California by Laura Cunningham. From condors to some of the largest grizzly bears in North America, California was once home to an abundance of large animals. Learning about the ecological wealth of Old California is an important step we need to make, as we consider what we need to do to have a livable future. To download or stream, click on links below.

Today’s episode of The Living Earth Connection features a revised and expanded version of The Big Picture, an original spoken word and electric didgeridoo performance by Amy Gustin and John Hardin. This musical journey traces the history of life on Earth, celebrates the diversity of this planet’s inhabitants, and asks where did we go wrong as a culture. Please tune in today, January 31 at 9:30 a.m. PST to http://www.kmud.org.

In the next episode of The Living Earth Connection I present a reading of The Book of the Damned by Daniel Quinn. Written a decade before Ishmael, The Book of the Damned powerfully conveys Daniel Quinn’s ideas and insights. In it he draws our attention to two different stories about the world, and man’s place in it. “What difference does a story make? It makes a difference. Because the story we have, we are enacting. We are making it come true.” One story represents man’s destiny, while the other leads to extinction. Please tune in on Sunday, May 31 at 9:30 a.m. to http://www.kmud.org or 91.1 FM to hear The Book of the Damned.